Who Is God?( Continues) Peter was overwhelmed. “He fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, ‘Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!’” (verse 8, New Revised Standard Version).Later, Peter—along with James and John—briefly witnessed a preview of eternal life in the Kingdom of God. God afforded them the marvelous opportunity to see a vision of Christ transfigured in glory with Elijah and Moses. When they heard a voice from heaven, they reacted by falling on their faces. They were “greatly afraid” (Matthew 17:6). Many years later, when the apostle John wrote the book of Revelation, he reacted to his vision of the resurrected, glorified Christ by falling “at His feet as though dead” (Revelation 1:17, NRSV). At one point in his ministry, the apostle Paul reported that in vision he “was caught up into Paradise and heard things that are not to be told, that no mortal is permitted to repeat” (2 Corinthians 12:4, NRSV). He, too, was filled with awe. Understanding the natural human reaction to such circumstances, God often encouraged His servants to not be afraid. Each of these men glimpsed the glory of God and was awestruck by His grandeur. Our thoughts of God Do we perceive God as these men did? Do we realize with Solomon that we dwell on earth while God is in heaven (Ecclesiastes 5:1-2) and that we should pay proper respect to God, speaking His name with dignity, realizing that He knows exactly what we do and that He will ultimately hold us accountable? (2 Corinthians 5:9-10). Do we have the apostle Paul’s attitude when he described the Lord to the young evangelist Timothy? “. . . He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power” (1 Timothy 6:15-16). The awesome glory of God the Father and Jesus Christ far exceed anything we can even imagine. Realizing this should lead us to a profound sense of wonder and humility! Amen
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